Too Small?

MrVicchio · 2003-04-23, 02:40 PM

Last night, with some 2500+ plus, there were fights EVERY WHERE! No matter where I took my squad, a fight was breaking out. We tried to take three bases, and EACH time, some stealthed hacker would beat us to it, and/or just be in area WATING for a squad to show to give him cover to hack the base.

AS I planned, engaged and led my squad, I realized something... the game area may be too small out of the box....

Hear me out here, this isn't a slam, just an observation.

It seemed the battle raged EVERYWHERE, and no matter what you did, the bases were too close together, by the time you managed to GET in, another group was comming, there were no areas of respite, your own bases were in danger.... You couldn't hold ground at all.... Cause if you moved off a base, some one would then jack it....

Now, I realize as they tweak the game, lone wolf hackers will NOT be able to pull this off, and more defined fights will break out.. but the game just felt... small none the less.

Perhpas my wording is off, its a vague sort of... feeling I am trying to convey, anyone else get that?

LesserShade · 2003-04-23, 02:51 PM

I noticed this as well, and in some respects it was rather fun. Even on backwater continents like Ceryshen it seemed like every base had some sort of fighting going on.

Peacemaker · 2003-04-23, 02:55 PM

So u want less fights?

Feign · 2003-04-23, 03:10 PM

Thats how it should be, in the end there will need to be enough people to be defending every base held and still enough to be attacking other bases. If you want a personal target for just your squad then hook up with a galaxy and attack something further behind enemy lines.

I like doing that and then keeping your squad there and try to defend it as long as possible surrounded by enemies, usually backup will start showing up just in the nick of time.

Airlift · 2003-04-23, 03:13 PM

One of the most intriguing things about this game is the variety of experiences that people are having with it. If you take 4 random players and ask them to critique the game, you are likely to get 4 conflicting opinions. The first guy may say the world is too big/empty while the second will say it is too small/crowded. The third guy will say that there is no teamwork while the fourth will say that you can't do anything without a good squad.

The funny thing is that these people are all correct at different times and in different places in the game. I don't know my thoughts on the matter, maybe I'll figure it out by release.